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Elderly Woman Dead, 2 Injured Following Shooting at New Orleans University Campus | VIDEO

*(CNN) — Three people were shot after a high school graduation ceremony Tuesday on the campus of Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, officials said. One of the victims, an elderly female, has died, New Orleans Police Department Chief Deputy Superintendent Christopher Goodly told reporters.

The university was hosting a graduation ceremony for nearby Morris Jeff Community School.

The shooting took place around 11:45 a.m. when NOPD officers working a security detail responded to a call for shots fired in the parking lot of the Xavier University Convocation Center, a NOPD news release said. When officers arrived, they found three gunshot victims — two men and one woman — who were all taken to local hospitals. The woman died at a hospital, the release said.

“There was a fight that broke out between apparently two females,” Goodly said. “Subsequent to this fight, subjects produced weapons, and shots were shot.”

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Multiple people were detained at the scene for questioning, police said. A suspect and motive are still under investigation. No arrests have been made, police said.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell spoke at the graduation ceremony, but left before the shooting occurred, her press secretary Melissa Newell told CNN.

Patricia Perkins, head of school for Morris Jeff, said in a statement Tuesday should have been a day of celebration for seniors.

“Morris Jeff is a strong school community and we will unite to help each other heal,” Perkins said. “Every day, we teach our children to solve their differences with their words and to be compassionate toward each other. Our graduates will make a difference in this world because they learn to see each other as equal human beings. This resolve is only stronger after today’s violence.”

Xavier Univ Shooting (WDSU)
Shots were fired shortly before noon Tuesday after a high school graduation ceremony at Xavier Convocation Center in New orleans. (WDSU)

New Orleans Public Schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. said in a statement he was “outraged and saddened by the callousness” that took place Tuesday.

“The graduating seniors of Morris Jeff were there to share in their collective achievements and bask in the brightness of their futures, only to have their optimism ripped apart by gun violence,” Lewis said. “All our children have a right to be safe and we must do all we can in our power to protect that right. My heart breaks for the families of the victims, and I implore us all to rally around them in their time of need.”

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